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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Batch FTP and Web Pages Date: 5 Jul 1996 15:00:23 -0500 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4rjs8n$iv@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <31D4AA3A.BC0@www.play-hookey.com> <836073421snz@dsl.co.uk> <31D87436.7C7F@www.play-hookey.com> <836295557snz@dsl.co.uk> <4rcr6v$dh@anorak.coverform.lan> <4rg73b$539@symiserver2.symantec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] tedm@agora.rdrop.com wrote: : I'm quite sure that Microsoft, Apple, Novell and friends aren't going to shed many : tears over this however. They have already decided that the Intranet market is : where the money is at, and would just as soon see the Internet people go away. : Seriously, do you really think a model like Java is designed for the 28.8k dialup : market?!?! I'll bet you're right, but I think the best philosophy is to assume that the hardware capacity will catch up with the software requirements. Java's a good idea, but not yet.... IMHO, the internet is just about recovering from the introduction of the web. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....